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Rhea or Rheia (/ ˈ r iː ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ῥέα or Ῥεία [r̥ěː.aː]) is a mother goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Titan daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, himself a son of Gaia.
In Iliad (Iliad, 2.821), Ἵδη (Ida) means "wooded hill", the name recalling the mountain worship which was a feature of the Minoan mother goddess religion. [4] The name is related to that of the nymph Idaea, who, according to Diodorus Siculus, was the mother of the ten Kuretes. [5] Idaea was also an epithet of Cybele.
Cybele enthroned, with lion, cornucopia, and mural crown.Roman marble, c. 50 AD.Getty Museum. Cybele (/ ˈ s ɪ b əl iː / SIB-ə-lee; [1] Phrygian: Matar Kubileya, Kubeleya "Kubeleya Mother", perhaps "Mountain Mother"; [2] Lydian: Kuvava; Greek: Κυβέλη Kybélē, Κυβήβη Kybēbē, Κύβελις Kybelis) is an Anatolian mother goddess; she may have a possible forerunner in the ...
Oenone was a mountain nymph (an oread) on Mount Ida in Phrygia, a mountain associated with the Mother Goddess Cybele and the Titaness Rhea. Her gift of prophecy was learned from Rhea. [2] Her father was either the river-gods, Cebren [3] [AI-generated source?] [4] or Oeneus. [5] [AI-generated source?] [6] Her name links her to the gift of wine.
Dindymon [1] / ˈ d ɪ n d ə ˌ m ɒ n / (Ancient Greek: Δίνδυμον), was a mountain in eastern Phrygia (today's Murat Dağı of Gediz), later part of Galatia, that was later called Agdistis, sacred to the "mountain mother", Cybele, whom the Hellenes knew as Rhea. Strabo sited Dindymon above Pessinos, sacred to Cybele.
Before Jarvis helped establish the holiday, a day celebrating mothers can be traced back to ancient Greek and Romans who celebrated the mother goddesses — Rhea and Cybele.
Adrasteia seems to have originally been a Phrygian mountain goddess, probably associated with Cybele, the mountain mother goddess of Anatolia. [13] Priapus , Cyzicus , and the Troad , where Adrasteia's cult was established, were also areas where Cybele was especially worshipped. [ 14 ]
Beth Broderick and Caroline Rhea are bringing their witchy magic to Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas.. Best known for playing Aunt Zelda and Aunt Hilda on the hit ABC — and later The WB ...